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Specification / Support

Motherboard description

• Motherboard manufacturer's name: Asus IPIBL-LB
• HP/Compaq name: Benicia-GL8E

CPU/Processor

• Socket: 775
• Supports the following processors:
  • Intel Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield core) Q9xxx
  • Intel Core 2 Duo (Wolfsdale core) E8xxx
  • Intel Core 2 Quad (Kentsfield core) up to Q6600
  • Core 2 Duo E6x00 (Conroe core) up to E6700
  • Core 2 Duo E4x00 (Conroe core) up to E4400

Front-side bus (FSB)

• 800/1066/1333 MHz

Chipset

• Intel G33

BIOS features

• Keyboard combination to used to enter BIOS: F10
• System BIOS core brand: Award

Form factor

• micro-ATX: 9.6 in X 9.6 in

Memory

• Dual channel memory architecture
• Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
• Supported DIMM types:
  • PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
  • PC2-6400 (800 MHz)
• Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
• Supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
• Supports up to 8 GB on 64 bit PCs
• Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs

NOTE: *Actual available memory may be less.

Expansion slots

• One PCI
• One PCI Express x16 graphics (for graphics cards)
• Two PCI Express x1 (for cards such as network, sound, tv-tuner)

Video graphics

• Integrated graphics using Intel GMA 3100
• Also supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards

NOTE: Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.

Serial ATA

• Six SATA connectors:
  • Supports 1 SATA-150 or SATA-300 disk drive on each SATA connector
  • Speed up to 1.5Gb/sec or 3.0Gb/sec, complying with SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 specifications

NOTE: The faster rate of 3.0Gb/sec requires that both the hard drive and the motherboard support it. If one or the other does not support 3.0 Gb/sec, the PC negotiates down to the slower 1.5 Gb/sec.

RAID

• Onboard RAID controller: ICH9R
• Selected Benicia models ship RAID-ready (For Spring 08, only selected CTO models will ship RAID-ready)
• RAID modes supported*:
  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1

NOTE: RAID 5 requires three HDDs and RAID 10 requires four HDDs. While this motherboard can support RAID 10, only RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes are supported on computer models using this motherboard.

Onboard audio

• Audio CODEC: ALC888S
• 7.1 channel high-definition audio

Onboard LAN

• 1 Realtek 8111C 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Gigabit Ethernet) Integrated LAN

NOTE: Gigabit Ethernet is backwards compatible with 10/100 Mb/s network hardware.

Onboard USB

• USB 2.0
• Twelve ports total
  • Four connectors on back panel
  • Six headers (four 1x4 and two 2x5 USB headers) support eight additional USB ports/devices

NOTE: Some USB ports may not be available externally for customer use. For more information, see model specifications.

Onboard 1394

• Type: IEEE 1394a 400Mb/s
• Agere LFW3227 controller chip
• Two ports total
• One port on back panel
• One header on motherboard supporting one additional port/device

Back panel I/0

• One PS/2 mouse port (green)
• One PS/2 keyboard port (purple)
• One coaxial SPDIF out
• One coaxial SPDIF in
• One VGA port
• Four USB 2.0
• One 6-pin IEEE 1394a
• One RJ-45 networking port
• Six Stereo-mini audio jacks for:
  • Line-in (light blue)
  • Microphone-in (pink)
  • Line-out (lime)
  • Center/Subwoofer-out (yellow-orange)
  • Side speaker-out (gray)
  • Rear speaker-out (black)

Internal connectors

• One 24-pin ATX power connector
• One 4-pin ATX power connector
• Six SATA connectors
• One floppy drive connector
• Two 12v fan connectors for CPU fan and PC fan
• One 9-pin header for power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED
• Three USB 2.0 headers supporting 6 USB ports or devices
• One IEEE 1394a header
• One SPDIF audio output header
• One 4-pin audio line-input connector (interrupts line input on back panel, Vista capable, requires matching front audio jack module)
• One 9-pin audio header for headphone-out and microphone-in (yellow, Vista capable, requires matching front audio jack module)
• One Intel high-definition Audio/Modem Link (2x8 HDMI connector)
• One jumper for resetting BIOS settings
• One jumper to disable BIOS password checking